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Visit to the CTC of the CHRI of Hombo, island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros. The emergency manager of the WHO Comoros office, accompanied by the Minister of Health and partners in joint supervision. Comoros declared a cholera epidemic on February 2, 2024.

Ouani stadium, Anjouan Island in the Union of the Comoros. The NGO CAP, a WHO partner in the fight against diabetes and hypertension, organized an awareness day on non-communicable diseases in November 2023. The opportunity for the women's teams of the Anjouan city to play a football match in the presence of the WR, Dr DIarra Abdoulaye and the Ambassador of South Africa to the Comoros

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. The Ministers signed https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7 committing to provide stronger leadership and increased domestic funding for malaria control programmes; to ensure further investment in data technology; to apply the latest technical guidance in malaria control and elimination; and to enhance malaria control efforts at the national and sub-national levels. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. The Ministers signed https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7 committing to provide stronger leadership and increased domestic funding for malaria control programmes; to ensure further investment in data technology; to apply the latest technical guidance in malaria control and elimination; and to enhance malaria control efforts at the national and sub-national levels. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. Pictured here: Conference moderator Ms Raïssa Okoï. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. Pictured here: group photo of conference participants. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. Pictured here: Panel discussion with Ministers of Health on opportunities and challenges in securing and effectively deploying funding for malaria. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7

On 6 March 2024, Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and committed to accelerate action to end deaths from the disease. Pictured here: Federal Minister of Health of Sudan Dr Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim. Related: https://www.who.int/news/item/06-03-2024-african-health-ministers-commit-to-end-malaria-deaths https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/speeches-messages/high-level-ministerial-meeting-tackling-malaria-countries https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/malaria/mpac-documentation/malaria-conference-declaration-final.pdf?sfvrsn=2a67eb91_7

Le Cameroun a lancé le 22 janvier 2024 le vaccin antipaludique RTS,S dans son programme élargi de vaccination, devenant ainsi le premier pays à le faire en dehors du programme pilote de vaccination antipaludique mené au Ghana, au Kenya et au Malawi. Le vaccin est déployé dans 42 districts sanitaires des 10 régions du pays, dans des centres de santé publics et privés. Ce lancement intervient après que le Cameroun avait reçu 331 200 doses de vaccin en novembre 2023.

Le Cameroun a lancé le 22 janvier 2024 le vaccin antipaludique RTS,S dans son programme élargi de vaccination, devenant ainsi le premier pays à le faire en dehors du programme pilote de vaccination antipaludique mené au Ghana, au Kenya et au Malawi. Le vaccin est déployé dans 42 districts sanitaires des 10 régions du pays, dans des centres de santé publics et privés. Ce lancement intervient après que le Cameroun avait reçu 331 200 doses de vaccin en novembre 2023. Pélagie Djimeli, infirmière diplômée d'état principale, hôpital de district de santé de Soa, Cameroun

Le Cameroun a lancé le 22 janvier 2024 le vaccin antipaludique RTS,S dans son programme élargi de vaccination, devenant ainsi le premier pays à le faire en dehors du programme pilote de vaccination antipaludique mené au Ghana, au Kenya et au Malawi. Le vaccin est déployé dans 42 districts sanitaires des 10 régions du pays, dans des centres de santé publics et privés. Ce lancement intervient après que le Cameroun avait reçu 331 200 doses de vaccin en novembre 2023.

Dr Fiona Braka, Team Leader, Emergency Program visiting the Bulengo camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 10, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr Fiona Braka, Team Leader, Emergency Program in a meeting at the Goma sub-office in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 10, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (3L), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Goma while Dr. Daniel Mukadi (2L) explains the workings of the institute in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (2L), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Goma while Dr. Daniel Mukadi (1L) explains the workings of the institute in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (C), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Goma while Dr. Daniel Mukadi (2R) explains the workings of the institute in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (2R), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale in Goma while Dr. Daniel Mukadi (1R) explains the workings of the institute in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (2R), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits a Cholera treatment center in Rusayo IDP camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (3L), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits a Cholera treatment center in Rusayo IDP camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka, Team Leader, Emergency Program visits a Cholera treatment center in Rusayo IDP camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Displaced women sing to welcome a woman after giving birth in the Bulengo displacement camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 10 November 2023. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Dr. Fiona Braka (3R), Team Leader, Emergency Program visits a Cholera treatment center in Rusayo IDP camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

After three days of treatment, Agnes Olive, aged 24, leaves the cholera treatment centre with her warring son in the Rusayo displaced persons camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 9 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

After three days of treatment, a women leaves the cholera treatment centre with her warring son in the Rusayo displaced persons camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 9 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

After three days of treatment, Agnes Olive, aged 24, leaves the cholera treatment centre with her warring son in the Rusayo displaced persons camp in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 9 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Nurses maintain the cholera treatment centre in the Rusayo camp for displaced people to ensure that patients are properly cared for, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 9 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced in the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Doctor Mayau Kaseraka circulates in the mobile clinic set up in the Bulengo camp for displaced persons, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 8 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced in the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

General view of the Bulengo IDP camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 8, 2023. As a result of the war that broke out in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes for safe havens. More than 2.4 million people have moved to the east of the country, and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and partners are helping to improve sanitation and are providing emergency health services for camp residents, but the needs in the area are enormous and more support is needed.

Patients sleep on their beds in the cholera treatment center in the Rusayo displaced persons camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Patients sitting in the cholera treatment centre in the Rusayo camp for displaced people in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 9 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced in the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Nurses maintain the cholera treatment centre in the Rusayo camp for displaced people to ensure that patients are properly cared for, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 9 November 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced in the east of the country and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January this year. The WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

General view of the Bulengo IDP camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 8, 2023. As a result of the war that broke out in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes for safe havens. More than 2.4 million people have moved to the east of the country, and more than 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and partners are helping to improve sanitation and are providing emergency health services for camp residents, but the needs in the area are enormous and more support is needed.

Community relays standing on oral rehydration pointa in Rusayo displacement camp, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Displaced people in the street of the Rusayo displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on November 9, 2023. Following the outbreak of war in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, many people were forced to flee their homes to find refuge. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced to the east of the country, and over 34,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in North Kivu since January of this year. WHO and its partners are helping to improve sanitation and provide emergency health services to camp residents, but the needs in the region are enormous and further assistance is required.

Response to the diphtheria epidemic in Niger. WHO team and partners work together to control the spread of the disease.

decembrer 2023: Response to the diphteria epidemic in Niger. Zinder region was affected by diptheria epidemic since july 2023. WHO Staff and Health professionnal coordinate to control the spread of the disease

Group working session during the piloting phase of WHO Global Guidance Framework for Responsible Use of Life Sciences in Africa, to mitigate biorisks & governance of dual-use research. Uganda agreed to pilot the operationalization of the framework as a result of the regional workshop to operationalize the framework in the WHO African region held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24 to 25 January 2023. One important strategic activity of the action plan to pilot the framework in Uganda was the sensitization of relevant national stakeholders on its operationalization. In this regard, a 3-days national stakeholders’ workshop was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 21 to 23 November 2023, under the coordination of the Office of the Prime Minister with the support of the WHO Country Office in Uganda, the Regional Office for Africa, and WHO headquarters. The workshop's main goals were to present an overview of the framework and the pilot project; discuss an in-depth understanding of the current situation and existing biosafety and biosecurity activities, and dual-use research at the national level; and identify concrete applications of the framework to the Ugandan situation. During the workshop, a roadmap was developed for effective domestication and implementation of the framework. The workshop convened over 80 participants from diverse sectors representing human health, nonhuman animal health, plants and agriculture, environment, defense, security organizations, other developing and implementing partners as well as the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), WHO Country Office for Uganda, Regional Office for Africa, and headquarters. The 3 days’ workshop was structured around a series of sessions that included presentations, panel discussions, working group discussions and plenary sessions to encouraged participation and active interactions. The workshop was inaugurated by the Director General of the Ministry of Health of Uganda alongside other opening remarks by representatives from WHO headquarters, WHO Country Office of Uganda and the Africa CDC.

Participants of the piloting phase of WHO Global Guidance Framework for Responsible Use of Life Sciences in Africa, to mitigate biorisks & governance of dual-use research in Uganda. Uganda agreed to pilot the operationalization of the framework as a result of the regional workshop to operationalize the framework in the WHO African region held in Nairobi, Kenya from 24 to 25 January 2023. One important strategic activity of the action plan to pilot the framework in Uganda was the sensitization of relevant national stakeholders on its operationalization. In this regard, a 3-days national stakeholders’ workshop was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 21 to 23 November 2023, under the coordination of the Office of the Prime Minister with the support of the WHO Country Office in Uganda, the Regional Office for Africa, and WHO headquarters. The workshop's main goals were to present an overview of the framework and the pilot project; discuss an in-depth understanding of the current situation and existing biosafety and biosecurity activities, and dual-use research at the national level; and identify concrete applications of the framework to the Ugandan situation. During the workshop, a roadmap was developed for effective domestication and implementation of the framework. The workshop convened over 80 participants from diverse sectors representing human health, nonhuman animal health, plants and agriculture, environment, defense, security organizations, other developing and implementing partners as well as the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), WHO Country Office for Uganda, Regional Office for Africa, and headquarters. The 3 days’ workshop was structured around a series of sessions that included presentations, panel discussions, working group discussions and plenary sessions to encouraged participation and active interactions. The workshop was inaugurated by the Director General of the Ministry of Health of Uganda alongside other opening remarks by representatives from WHO headquarters, WHO Country Office of Uganda and the Africa CDC.

To deepen knowledge about the health situation in the province of Huambo, reinforce dialogue and establish solid networks with local leaders, WHO Interim Representative in Angola, Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, accompanied by a team of six experts, worked for three days in the province of Huambo, where the organization, with funds from the European Union, is supporting local authorities with essential initiatives to combat meningitis.

On a 2-day visit to Cunene, Angola, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) assessed efforts to eradicate Guinea Worm disease, a project they've jointly addressed since 2020. Led by WHO's Dr. Humphrey Karamagi and other prominent health officials, they held dialogues with the provincial government, leading to partnerships with various agencies, NGOs, and private sectors to form a regional technical committee. Their trip to Namacunde emphasized collaborative border disease detection, while a visit to Onanime showcased community water purification efforts. On a 2-day visit to Cunene, Angola, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MoH) assessed efforts to eradicate Guinea Worm disease, a project they've jointly addressed since 2020. Led by WHO's Dr. Humphrey Karamagi and other prominent health officials, they held dialogues with the provincial government, leading to partnerships with various agencies, NGOs, and private sectors to form a regional technical committee. Their trip to Namacunde emphasized collaborative border disease detection, while a visit to Onanime showcased community water purification efforts.

Raising awareness of early detection of breast cancer, 27 October 2023 at the WHO regional office for Africa. In a global effort to raise awareness on breast cancer, October has been designated as the Pink Month. The Pink Month is a month where efforts to educate those concerned about the disease, including early identification and signs and symptoms associated with breast cancer.

On 13 October 2023, the second round of the national polio campaign was inaugurated in Ondjiva, Cunene, Angola. The launch witnessed the presence of the Secretary of State for Public Health, Professor Carlos Pinto de Sousa, representing the Minister of Health, Dr. Silvia Lutucuta. He was joined by the Vice-Governor for Political, Social, and Economic Sectors of Cunene, Apolo Ndinoulenga. The new UNICEF Representative, Antero de Pina, also participated, speaking on behalf of the UN Resident Coordinator, Zahira Virani. The World Health Organization (WHO) was fully present with a delegation led by Dr. Lionel Nizigama, who stood in for Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, the Acting WHO Representative in Angola. The campaign took place from 13-16 October. On 13 October 2023, the second round of the national polio campaign was inaugurated in Ondjiva, Cunene, Angola. The launch witnessed the presence of the Secretary of State for Public Health, Professor Carlos Pinto de Sousa, representing the Minister of Health, Dr. Silvia Lutucuta. He was joined by the Vice-Governor for Political, Social, and Economic Sectors of Cunene, Apolo Ndinoulenga. The new UNICEF Representative, Antero de Pina, also participated, speaking on behalf of the UN Resident Coordinator, Zahira Virani. The World Health Organization (WHO) was fully present with a delegation led by Dr. Lionel Nizigama, who stood in for Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, the Acting WHO Representative in Angola. The campaign took place from 13-16 October.

The Seventy-three Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 28 August to 1st September 2023 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa. BOTSWANA: 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, August-September 2023

Alemberhan, a nurse with 14-year experience, takes care of a 13-year-old cholera patient girl recovering from severe illness at a cholera treatment center (CTC) in Demba district of cholera-prone Gofa Zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, wherein WHO joins the government and other partners in cholera response through training, supplies support, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

Alemberhan, a nurse with 14-year experience, takes care of a cholera patient recovering from severe illness at a cholera treatment center (CTC) in Demba district of cholera-prone Gofa Zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, wherein WHO joins the government and other partners in cholera response through training, supplies support, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

Alemberhan, a nurse with 14-year experience, is setting a glucose bag for 75-year-old cholera patient Fikru recovering from severe illness at a cholera treatment center (CTC) in Denba district of cholera-prone Gofa Zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, wherein WHO joins the government and other partners in cholera response through training, supplies support, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene recovering from severe illness at a cholera treatment center (CTC) in Denba district of cholera-prone Gofa Zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, wherein WHO joins the government and other partners in cholera response through training, supplies support, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

The Seventy-three Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 28 August to 1st September 2023 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa. BOTSWANA: 73rd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, August-September 2023

WHO officers and local official oversee safe delivery and downloading of items as a truck parks with load of WHO-donated cholera treatment center (CTC) supplies at Adare Health Center in Hawassa, cholera affected Sidama Region of Ethiopia. WHO joins the government and partners for cholera-response interventions through badly-needed supplies support, training, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, community engagement and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) activities. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

WHO WaSH officers and other health workers demonstrate the use of water treatment chemical for local people duirng a community mobilization meeting on WaSH-related and cholera response activities in cholera-prone Karat Zuria Woreda / District Konso zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia. Advocacy and community engagement are parts of WHO’s intervention areas as the Organization joins the government and other partners in responding to cholera outbreak through training, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

With a portable field kit, Dr.Teshome Mekonnen Engida WHO, IPC/WASH officer conducts testing for water quality monitoring at one of water points in cholera prone Konso zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, wherein samples from a total of 41 water sources have been collected and analyzed as of June 2023 Water quality monitoring and providing water treatment chemicals are among the water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions of WHO in Ethiopia as it joins the government and other partners in the efforts of cholera outbreak responses. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

Local people take cleanliness and fetch unsafe water from a river in cholera prone Gofa zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, where lack of safe and adequate water supply are among the dominant risk factors contributing to health challenges to local communities. WHO joins the government and other partners in preventing and responding to cholera outbreak through training, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, community engagement and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) interventions. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

Wearing protective clothes Derba Disease disinfects a cholera treatment center (CTC) while a nurse is readily available for duty of taking care of patients at the Center in cholera-prone Gofa zone, SNNP Region of Ethiopia, wherein WHO joins the government and other partners for cholera response interventions through supplies support, training, water quality monitoring, providing water treatment chemicals, and guiding the overall water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) activities. WHO Ethiopia/2023/Mulugeta Ayene Cholera Outbreak Sparks Urgent Prevention Measures in Affected Ethiopia’s regions

The Seventy-three Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 28 August to 1st September 2023 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa. The Seventy-three Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 28 August to 1st September 2023 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa. https://www.afro.who.int/about-us/governance/sessions/seventy-third-session-who-regional-committee-africa

The Seventy-three Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 28 August to 1st September 2023 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa.

As part of its Walk the Talk campaign, WHO organized a health walk in Gaborone on Sunday morning, a day before the official opening of the RC 73 on 28th August 2023. The occasion was graced by His excellency President Masisi and the first lady of Botswana, Neo Jane Masisi. https://www.afro.who.int/about-us/governance/sessions/seventy-third-session-who-regional-committee-africa

Uniting for cervical cancer elimination meeting was held in Gaborone on 25 August 2023. First Lady Neo Masisi from Botswana has urged all stakeholders to act in unity for the elimination of cervical cancer. Speaking during a session with cervical cancer survivors on Friday, Ms Masisi said statistics revealed that ‘a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes around the world’ and that it was important that stakeholders assist to eliminate it. The First Lady also noted that statistics revealed that cervical cancer was one of the leading causes of death in women in Sub-Saharan Africa. https://www.afro.who.int/about-us/governance/sessions/seventy-third-session-who-regional-committee-africa

The second chance network conference on climate change took place in Botswanan from 24 to 25 August 2023. It aims to facilitate interactions between policymakers from East and Southern African countries, representatives of international organisations, funders, researchers, and other stakeholders to harness synergies between climate change and health. https://www.afro.who.int/about-us/governance/sessions/seventy-third-session-who-regional-committee-africa

WHO 75th anniversary celebrations in Niger Free diabetes and hypertension screening in march 2023

WHO 75th anniversary celebrations in Niger Zumba opens in Niamey on March 18, 2023

In Chad, mobile clinics have played a pivotal role in ensuring that the country’s most vulnerable populations can access COVID-19 vaccines. As of May 2023, Chad is home to 381 000 internally displaced persons, while insecurity across the Lake Chad Basin region has seen it absorb 583 000 refugees from neighbouring countries. The country’s nomadic population numbers more than 597 000 people. With support from the European Union, through WHO these three groups, who have limited access to health services, have been prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19. - Caption was not provided by the photographer. Therefore, a generic caption has been applied to this image. Related: Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/chad-mobile-clinics-bring-covid-19-vaccination-vulnerable-groups Video: https://youtu.be/Lc0y50xj5co Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti visited a cholera treatment centre that WHO helped established in one of Lilongwe cholera hotspot. She then handed over to MoH four ambulances and one vehicle, as well as supplies and equipment.

Health workers at Cholera Treatment Centre in Balaka, Malawi WHO staff and Health workers at Cholera Treatment Centre in Balaka, Malawi WHO staff and Health workers at Cholera Treatment Centre in Balaka, Malawi

WHO staff and Health workers at Cholera Treatment Centre in Balaka, Malawi WHO staff and Health workers at Cholera Treatment Centre in Balaka, Malawi

In Malawi's capital Lilongwe, health workers are getting ready to host patients in a cholera treatment centre that WHO helped revamp. In Malawi's capital Lilongwe, health workers are getting ready to host patients in a cholera treatment centre that WHO helped revamp.

Dr. Thongbotho Mphoyakgosi, Medical Lab Scientist at the National Health Laboratory

Two Medical Lab Scientists at the National Health Laboratory, Gaborone

WHO Uganda staff walk through Masanafu, a Kampala suburb, during contact tracing on the 1 November 2022. Tracing contacts is key to stemming the spread of contagious diseases like Ebola. According to the Ministry of Health Uganda has registered 48 recorded deaths and 131 confirmed cases from an outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan virus and over 2180 contacts listed for follow up including students and children. The first death from this outbreak of the Ebola-Sudan strain was announced on the 19 September 2022 and as yet, there is no vaccine for this strain. https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2022-DON410

Un agent de santé vaccine une femme sur le site de vaccination contre la COVID-19 de Soura Alladey le 18 octobre 2022 à Maradi. Related: Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/niger-community-leaders-fight-rumours-about-covid-19-vaccines Video: https://youtu.be/S_lzZab8rzM Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

Un agent de santé enlève d'une glacière des flacons de vaccins sur le site de vaccination contre la COVID-19 de Soura Alladey le 18 octobre 2022 à Maradi. Related: Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/niger-community-leaders-fight-rumours-about-covid-19-vaccines Video: https://youtu.be/S_lzZab8rzM Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

Deux agents de santé du Centre de Santé de Kouroun Goussao, partent à moto vacciner dans le village Batafadoua, le 19 octobre 2022, dans le cadre de la campagne de vaccination contre la COVID-19 en milieu rural. Related: Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/niger-community-leaders-fight-rumours-about-covid-19-vaccines Video: https://youtu.be/S_lzZab8rzM Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

Des agents de santé partent du centre de santé de Mazadou Jika à Maradi pour des sites de vaccination avec des kits de vaccin contre la COVID-19, le 18 octobre 2022. Related: Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/niger-community-leaders-fight-rumours-about-covid-19-vaccines Video: https://youtu.be/S_lzZab8rzM Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

The first day of a COVID-19 vaccination roll-out at Ceramica Health Centre in Mozambique’s northern Niassa province on 29 May 2022. Related: Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/mozambique/news/mozambique-vaccinates-nearly-all-adults-against-covid-19 Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/data-management-reinforces-covid-19-vaccination-mozambique Video: https://youtu.be/rNe730R56dY Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

From March 2021 to June 2022, Liberia fully vaccinated 70% of the eligible population against COVID-19. Robust coordination between the government and its partners, an effective COVID-19 steering committee and multiple mass vaccination campaigns contributed to the country’s success. Now the country is ensuring that its most vulnerable people are protected from severe illness, hospitalization and death from the virus. Efforts are underway to achieve high levels of vaccination among high-priority groups, including health workers, adults over 60, people with co-morbidities and refugees and displaced people. This COVID-19 vaccination day at the Bahn High Extension School in Bahn, Nimba County, north-east Liberia is one example. The school is situated just outside Bahn Refugee Camp, which is home to around 10 000 refugees who fled post-electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire more than a decade ago. The school, which offers education to both Liberian and refugee children, is one of the sites offering COVID-19 vaccination. Related Feature: https://www.afro.who.int/photo-story/vaccinating-liberias-vulnerable-communities-against-covid-19 Video: https://youtu.be/i5VXgnlcWN4 Press release: https://www.afro.who.int/news/european-union-funding-boosts-covid-19-vaccination-africa?fbclid=IwAR0CGVj1fOXoEFtUhwYsoEm_03HbCyA_dKLPmtx5N0USiyCl4VCEucoE7AQ

Bakanuki Flora Nfila has dedicated the past 47 years to public health. Her fight against polio is enduring; matron of the town where poliovirus was found in 2004, she established the country’s first environmental surveillance site in 2022, and currently supervises vaccination campaigns in hard-to-reach zones.

Bakanuki Flora Nfila, Surveillance specialist, WHO, Botswana Mathata Kgalalelo, Quality control officer, Water Utilities Corporation, Gaborone, Botswana Flora has dedicated the past 47 years to public health. Her fight against polio is enduring; matron of the town where poliovirus was found in 2004, she established the country’s first environmental surveillance site in 2022, and currently supervises vaccination campaigns in hard-to-reach zones.

The first fase of Angola´s roll out of COVID-19 vaccines. The Angolan Ministry of Health announced the milestone of more than 1 million doses of vaccines administered to the population, after receiving 624 000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine on 2 March this year from the Serum Institute of India, as part of the COVAX initiative, and subsequently, in April 2021, an additional 495 000 doses. Read more https://www.afro.who.int/news/over-1-million-doses-covid-19-vaccine-administered-angola .

Workers offload boxes of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines under COVAX scheme, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast February 26, 2021. 504 thousand doses of the Astrazeneca / Oxford vaccine were received in Abidjan. Vaccination against COVID-19 begins March 1 in Côte d'Ivoire

The UN Solidarity Flight lands at the Maya Maya International Airport in Brazzaville with COVID-19 medical supplies - including protective personal equipment, thermometers and respirators - transported by the UN Solidarity Flight on April 18 2020.

In June 2020, a significant milestone is expected for polio eradication and global health: the certification of the WHO African Region as wild polio-free. The end of wild polio across the entire Region represents a major steppingstone toward global polio eradication; with this certification, five of the six WHO regions will be wild polio-free. In February 2020, Nigeria, the last polio-endemic country in Africa, conducted vaccination campaigns. This photo story documents the following activities: Innovation: new technologies such as GIS, phone applications, solar power for vaccine cold chain transport. Human effort: people travelling great distances through difficult/insecure terrain to provide vaccines to children. Polio heroes: people who have made great sacrifices of lost their lives delivering vaccines as well as survivors who have achieved much despite their disabilities. More information about https://www.afro.who.int/node/11759

Extracting ingredients from plants in the lab.

From the production unit, herbal remedies are bottled, packed in boxes and stored on palettes ready for distribution.

Traditional healer spreads barks of trees for drying.

World Health Organization staff travel by motorcycle to Makangalo, Ituri Province. This outbreak of Ebola has been rife with logistical challenges of delivering health care and monitoring for new cases in some of the most remote regions of the country. North Kivu and Ituri Provinces are the epicenter of Congo's 10th Ebola epidemic, an outbreak declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.

Decontamination of a clinic where suspected Ebola patients had visited, Kabasha, Beni Territory, 2 suspected Ebola cases were reported in the town the day before. North Kivu is the epicentre of Congo's 10th Ebola epidemic, an outbreak declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.

Nursing school attached to Kitatumba Hospital, Butembo. North Kivu is the epicentre of Congo's 10th Ebola epidemic, an outbreak declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.

Nurse Nzima Bora draws a blood sample from visitors to Kitatumba Hospital, Butembo. This hospital is receiving support from the WHO. North Kivu is the epicentre of Congo's 10th Ebola epidemic, an outbreak declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation.

WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, participating in the WALK THE TALK, organized in connection with the Sixty-ninth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

WALK THE TALK, organized in connection with the Sixty-ninth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. From left to right: Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo Clément Mouamba, WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

WALK THE TALK, organized in connection with the Sixty-ninth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Walk the Talk participants crossing the Pont du 15 Août 1960.

WHO emergency response in Malawi following floods in early 2015. An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) campaign took place as a complementary measure to improved water, sanitation, hygiene and health promotion in areas affected by floods.

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